Benthonella

Benthonella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyRissoidae

Habitatmarine

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Specimen records: 134
Family: Rissoidae
Collections: USNM, MCZ
Recorded in: United States, Brazil, Bahamas, Montserrat, High Seas

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Rissoidae
Image: Benthonella tenella (MNHN-IM-2012-7068).jpeg

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taxon name: Benthonella
taxon rank: genus

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Benthonella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.

==Species== Species within the genus Benthonella include: † Benthonella alvaniformis Lozouet, 2014 † Benthonella bearnensis Lozouet, 2014 † Benthonella brontodes Lozouet, 1990 Benthonella decorata (Thiele, 1925) † Benthonella loriei Weisbord, 1962 † Benthonella lutetiana Lozouet, 2014 Benthonella margaritifera (Watson, 1886) † Benthonella priabonica Lozouet, 2014 Benthonella sculpta (Thiele, 1925) Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869) Species brought into synonymy: Benthonella fischeri Dall, 1889: synonym of Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869) Benthonella gaza Dall, 1889: synonym of Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869) Benthonella jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889): synonym of Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869) Benthonella kullenbergi Odhner, 1960: synonym of Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869) Benthonella nisonis Dall, 1889: synonym of Thaleia nisonis (Dall, 1889)

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